Monday, October 31, 2005
Ghost story: reprise
By The Erudite Redneck
Uncle B. was distant, to me, so when he died when I was 8, I didn’t cry. I didn’t know him that well. Somebody in my family might remember him picking me up and hugging me or talking to me or something, but I don’t.
Read all about it -- if you dare.
--ER
Uncle B. was distant, to me, so when he died when I was 8, I didn’t cry. I didn’t know him that well. Somebody in my family might remember him picking me up and hugging me or talking to me or something, but I don’t.
Read all about it -- if you dare.
--ER
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If you followed the link, you know this tale involves ball lightning. Drlobojo, on the original post, left a kind word and a link to the science behind ball lightning.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020209/bob8.asp
Now, my question for Drlobojo: Do you think that maybe the chemicals used in embalming in 1973 might have contributed to the ball of lightning.
Thanks for the link. I learned more about ball lightning tonight than ever.
Kid count: 7:28 p.m. 8 kids so far, way, way down from just a few years ago. The big kids are already out. Drat.
--ER
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020209/bob8.asp
Now, my question for Drlobojo: Do you think that maybe the chemicals used in embalming in 1973 might have contributed to the ball of lightning.
Thanks for the link. I learned more about ball lightning tonight than ever.
Kid count: 7:28 p.m. 8 kids so far, way, way down from just a few years ago. The big kids are already out. Drat.
--ER
Probably not. Was the coffin metal? If it was it might have been the collection point of the lightning. Contrary to our senses and general belief, lightning strikes ground to sky, and what we see is the plasma going back down the strike to the ground. Seeing this kind of phenomena is a rare thing indeed. You are something like a 100 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to see ball lightning.
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